Friday, May 20, 2016

For this moment’s reflection, I’d stress on
the need to read and study the wisdom lessons or ‘the Teaching’. The essential
attitudes to observe regarding the Teaching goes by the social marketing line:
Read Everything, Question Everything, Doubt Nothing. Let’s go over these
attitudes one after the other.

Read Everything!

Read and study everything that would come
into mind as contributing to building a reflective, contemplative, wise self.
This is a very important aspect of your own ‘capacity building’ efforts.

It’s up to you to define where to begin.
Fact is, you may have already begun. In my case, I began with the Holy Bible:
page after page of it, hungry with knowledge and wisdom, I quaffed every wisdom
note that I could procure from both the Old and New Testaments. It’s the King
James version, coming from the Vatican,
brought to my ancestral home by my gifted, genius grandfather. I was 15 years
old when I first went through it…. So, you can begin with scriptural materials.

There are many of you there who may find
scriptural materials as quite nauseating. “Geek! What Stone Age kind of things!
What Greek stuff!” (pardon me, dear Greeks!) Alright, if you’re this type, then
maybe you can begin with controversial materials. I was 17 when I read the
first controversial, mystical material, The Spear of Destiny by Trevor
Ravenscroft, a British white magician. The book came from my own biological
mom’s collection (we all have a Divine Mom, remember!). I almost went
ecstatically orgasmic while reading the stuff! More such materials came later.
You can do the same.

Maybe you can begin with the conspiracy
materials. Those among you who are fond of detective novels can perhaps be
titillated with conspiracy stuff. There’s The Hiram Key by Christopher
Knight and Robert Lomas, Their Kingdom Come/Inside the Secret World of Opus
Dei by Robert Hutchison, and more reads. There are so many reads on this
stuff on internet by the way, and most likely so many of you Seekers have
already done research on them.

Perhaps the esoteric philosophy materials
could be your entry point. These texts go by their wisdom traditions:
Theosophy, Kabbalah, Essene, Gnosis, Druid, Eleusinian, Sufi, Esoteric
Buddhism, Esoteric Christianity, Freemasonry, Anthroposophy, Mayan, Native
American, Babaylan (Malayo-Philippine), Veda, Vedanta, Tantra, Tao, and related
items. You may focus on just one tradition, but I’d highly recommend that you
also do research on the others across time. I began with theosophy, circa 1980,
I guess because these lessons were largely those synthesized by my guru El
Morya and his team, which he then passed on (channeled) to HP Blavatsky and her
team.

Transdisciplinal materials could suit you
as entry point. They combine philosophy and sciences’ discourses into an
exquisitely woven singular material. Tao of Physics by Deepak Chopra is
an excellent example of the transdisciplinal type. Zecharia Sitchin also writes
using transdisciplinal methodology, which you will observe in such books of his
as The Wars of Gods and Men and Divine Encounters.

You may be drawn the strongest to psychism
and magic. Edgar Cayce’s psychic readings would be fitting start ups. Ravenscroft
is also into this genre. U.S. Andersen’s Secret Powers of Pyramids is
another example. Wicca could also be worth reviewing for you. Materials on
evocative magic may also attract you. There’s also sex magic, such as the Toaist
Secrets of Love by Mantak Chia. Materials on prophecy and futuristics made
by mystics and psychics are related ones. Go ahead, please read them.

So, Noble Seekers, there is no fixed
formula as to which reading to start. Feel it from your heart, take away those
barriers of mind that could deter you along the path. But never forget: read
all of those generic materials as much as possible. They are all important.
Stay away from thoughts that “these are more important than those ones,”
“scriptures are Stone Age and irrelevant,” “My God! Scary New Age stuff! That’s
Lucifer’s footnotes!” If you think this way, thou art no seeker at all.

Question Everything!

“Oh My God! That’s
wonderful!”…”My God, those texts are exceedingly wise! I’d follow them all!”
“Look at Deepak Chopra! He’s great and superman! I’ll read only him from now
on!”

Hello! Aren’t you Seekers? Only the cult
devotees romanticize certain teachings and texts and tend to look down on
others as filthy and small-time. Read everything, but also add the element of a
critical mind while you reflect and contemplate on the texts. Never worship the
texts or its writers.

I am a Filipino, and I was reared to a
great extent in Anglo-Saxon philosophy that was brought to the islands by the
Americans and the post-colonial scholars. I was also schooled at the University
of the Philippines
(main campus), where the critical tradition is dominant and sacrosanct till
these days. The Germanic-continental tradition is an addition in my alma mater,
the sociology department. The critical tradition has been with me since, and I
find the critical mind very helpful for reflection purposes.

I was also trained as a
scientist—sociologist and political economist—and I always bear with me the
thinking that every text that I read contains errors or gaps. No text
whatsoever is so perfect that it would withstand the test of time and be
all-relevant for all times. There also is no such thing as ‘Theory Of
Everything’ or TOE, and I’m allergic to any contention about certain texts
categorically declared as meta-narratives fit for all situations and
explanatory of all phenomena. That’s pure dung!

Always allow some space for critical mental
process, for some questionings. As in any scientific work, there always is a
possibility of 10% error. As a scientist, I’m already very happy when critiques
would say I’m hitting 90%. Upon releasing my book 13th Gate
Unveiled, a prophetic-futuristic book about the Philippines, ASEAN, and the
Aquarian Age, I was gladdened by a note from a fellow mystic Rachel Somera when
she claimed that I was hitting 90% accuracy. What a high mark for an amateur
prophet!

In my own experience of readings on
theosophy, I was almost completely mesmerized by the brilliant synthesis of HP
Blavatsky. Her team mates—Hodson, Leadbeater, A. Bessant, Q. Judge—were all
able mystics and thinkers, and met my expectations of what Teachers should be:
as Thinkers first and foremost. But their treatment of the ‘Lucifer Question’
got me raising questions. This gap somehow led to the adoption of Theosophy as
a foundational reading by secret societies of Fallen Ones such as Hitler’s Germanenorden.
One gets the feeling that “Lucifer is Cool!” after going through the Lucifer
aspect of their reflections. I don’t buy that part. And I was led into further
research to get clarified about the ‘Lucifer Question’. I’m still researching
on the Lucifer item till these days.

Not only that. The time-frames used by
Blavatsky in her estimations of the evolution of human generic types—called
‘root races’—seem unbelievably and overwhelmingly long! Is this the only way of
looking at time periods or timelines? It is more apparent to me that Blavatsky
& team was largely seeing reality, including time period and the
evolutionary pattern (cycical), from the focal lenses of a paradigm (to use Thomas
Kuhn’s term). I was right in my questions as I stumbled upon texts, such as
those written by the fellow mystic & teacher Sal Rachele, indicating the
paradigm-fixation of many texts. Needless to say, our view of the time periods
can also change, the timelines of ancient history can change, depending on the
paradigm we employ in our analysis or exegesis of the templates of life.

I should like to share more questions here,
but space doesn’t allow. To end this portion, Noble Seekers, go ahead and raise
questions. Keep tab of them, jot them down if possible. These questions will
lead you to do research all the more, and this is what ‘seeking’ as an attitude
is all about: texts should be able to provoke you into raising questions, and
into doing inquiries along the way.

Doubt Nothing!

When you are able to raise questions
properly—meaning to say, the texts passed through your inquisitive eyes and
critical mind—than you can move on to ascertain truths about realities. The
truth criterion, in my mind, is still a very relevant criterion, and I do not
go along with the contentions of the post-modernist about the matter who regard
the truth criterion as hubris.

Anything that is absolutist is a
questionable thing to me. Fixed Idea is dangerous and obnoxious. But it is
equally dangerous and obnoxious to throw away the truth criterion. “Aha that’s
passé! There’s nothing today but the all-luring power of Desire! The Primal!
What truths are you talking about?” That’s the line of the followers of
Foucault, Derrida, Lacan, Baudrillard and the post-structuralists, and they are
entitled to their opinions. But think many times before you regard the truth
criterion as trash.

Nothing can stop you from perceiving facets
of reality as paradigmatic: you can observe them from different angles, and
your inferences or conclusions will depend largely on the vantage point from
which you perceive them. For instance, in Theosophy, the ontological dimensions
are thought of as comprising 7 dimensions of existence, with 7 corresponding bodies
of man. There are some other texts that have a different view, as they employ
the ‘density’ category rather than ‘dimension’ category. Accordingly, there are
’12 densities’, we are 3rd density humans in the physical plane,
that the planet will evolve shortly into a 4th density planet, and
so on.

There may be variances in inferences due to
paradigm differences, as observed above. But one thing is certain at least: the
physical plane, where we live, isn’t the only ontological dimension, and that,
logically and empirically, there are dimensions higher than the 3rd
dimension or 3rd density. And because of this certainty, I will
never doubt the existence of beings in other dimensions, as they can be
empirically observed and known. And I will never doubt the existence of the
all-pervasive, all-guiding Almighty God, as both inductively and through yoga
meditation I am certain of the existence of the Highest Cosmic Being and of
ontological planes higher than the physical plane.

I’m not saying that doubting is a bad
thing. What I’m saying is that in the end, you must establish certainties based
on the truth criterion. That would be the start of increased wisdom.

So here we end, Noble Seekers. Prepare your
own research agenda, trust your Inner Guide in the process, and you’re into
this version of ‘magical mystery tour’. Good luck in your enquiries!

Thursday, May 5, 2016

I’d summarize to you at this moment what
yoga is: as science and practice. Yoga means yoke, a signifier for union. One
who practices yoga would want to re-establish a union with the God Self even
while the practitioner still resides—in bio-physical form—in the physical
plane. There are too many materials on yoga, and a lot of teachers too, so
please go ahead and learn from those materials and teachers. I will summarize
in this article meditation as a specific yoga practice. As a clarification,
this is only a beginner’s meditation kit and not one for the advanced types
(mystics, masters).

Meditation as Science. Yoga meditation is a
science first of all. It is a method that is the least costly, available for
free or for a minimal cost (if acquires it via a workshop), and safe. It is
effective in expanding awareness, increasing one’s vibratory frequency,
increasing intelligence, acquiring information/knowledge using higher
intuition, harnessing beneficial energies (chi, cosmic energy), and integrating
life experiences and the self into a coherent tapestry. One can deal with it in
the manner of an experiment: go through it, examine the effects along the way,
and compare your pre-yoga and yoga meditation practice periods.

Meditation and the Psyche. Meditation is a
psychological undertaking, a fact that adds to its scientific import (science
of psychology). It comprises a part of the reflective-introspective chain, to
note: focusàcontemplationàmeditation. Meditation is not identical to
contemplation. But contemplation can be the start of a meditation session.
Focus is needed, of course, as one cannot contemplate and meditate without a
foundation of focus. Meditation, as method, increases a person’s power of focus
and contemplation, in that it provides order and integration to the two
processes.

In addition, as an integrative tool, yoga
meditation can help stabilize those fractured aspects of the lower self. For
instance, if one is emotionally unstable, meditation can aid the practitioner
in healing the emotional body (astral body) and harmonize it with one’s
cognition (mental body or mind), bio-physical body, and ‘social self’. If the
social self is fractured, which causes personality disorder conditions
(manifesting in suicidal ideation and sociopathic hostilities), meditation can
also be employed to heal and stabilize this aspect of the lower self.

Purposes. The purposes or goals of yoga meditation
must be made clear to the person before practicing it. In planning practice, we
divide goals into the general objective (main goal) and the specific
objectives.

For all seekers, it should be clear that
the general objective (long-term or strategic goal) is self-realization or
God-realization. They mean the same. Self here means the higher self, while
realization refers to the awakening and functioning of the higher self (or
God-self), and its direct interventional guidance over one’s lower self or ‘psyche’
even while one is physically awake. For most people, their God-selves are
asleep most often, which makes the folks somnambulists or sleep-walkers.

With the inner eye focused on such a goal,
one can then move on to the specific objectives whenever one meditates. These
specific objectives should accrue to the attainment of the long-term goal. Use
meditation, for instance, in looking for a house fit for your purposes (yogi’s
house type), spouse to marry, jobs to take, studies to undertake, heal ailing aspects
of yourself and/or physique, travels to make, speeches to write, and so on.
These specific purposes are often tied up to your needs, both felt needs (of
the moment) and those that are arising or yet to emerge.

There are those people who mentor inquirers
into using meditation for opening up the 3rd eye. This is psychism,
and I declare categorically that I am not among the mentors of psychic crafts.
Think many times, Dear Seeker, before you embark on this purpose. Without
spiritual awakening and sterling virtues developed in the Path, you will just
use those paranormal powers to control and manipulate people, to aggrandize
wealth and expand your ego. I am a Teacher of the Path, not a master of
psychism.

The Craft or Practice of Meditation. Meditation as a 7th
Ray practice often goes hand in hand with prayer. Prayer’s function is to send
messages to the higher spheres, while meditation’s function is to receive
messages from the same spheres (including from your higher self). In my
practice, I often pray before I meditate. Prayer helps one to establish focus
& contemplation quickly. It will also help one to invite higher beings such
as an Archangel or Angels who can protect you
while you’re meditating. Let’s go over the process one after the other:

1.Abdominal state. Meditate at least 1
& ½ hours after taking a meal, or 1 hour after taking an afternoon snack.
It is bad to meditate when there’s too much food in the stomach, as the mass
will block the flow of chi (vital energy) and can make you feel bad in your
abdomen.

2.Schedules. I presume you are the
urban/suburban Seeker, busy with work schedules. So do your meditation in
staggered manner. When ‘capable’ of meditating in full (1 hour per day),
meditate for 20 minutes upon waking up (before bath & breakfast), 20
minutes inserted in the morning, and 20 minutes before sleeping. Or, if time
permits, 30 minutes upon waking up and 30 minutes before sleeping. If you can’t
meditate while in the workplace, then meditate after work and before you take
supper.

3.Duration. When you’re just
starting, begin with a regimen of just 10 minutes per day for at least 1 month.
On your 2nd month, raise it to 15 minutes per day. On the 3rd
month, raise it to 20 minutes total. On the 6th month, go ahead with
a total of 30 minutes per day (e.g. 10 upon waking up, 10 at daytime, and 10
before sleeping). Every 2 months thereafter, add an increment of 5 minutes per
day for each month, till you get to 45 minutes per day on your 12th
month or 1st year. Stay at that schedule for another year. On year
2, begin a regimen of 1 hour daily, and stay at that schedule for at least
seven (7) years. Please don’t jump ahead by forcing a 2-5 hour regimen per day
during that 7-year period, as this will abruptly open up your chakras, both
major and minor. Such regimens are more fit for monks and not for you Seekers.

4.Where to Face. East or North would be
the best cardinal points to face for both prayer and meditation processes. If
you meditate using the prostate or supine lying position, then your head must
face east or north. My bed faces east, and I meditate using the supine post
most often, and it’s been having great effects for me at this cardinal point,
rest assured.

5.Positions. A simple squat with
your legs crossed in place of a lotus position for the non-Indians, as our
physique were conditioned differently from Indians. Or, sit on a chair, but
don’t cross your legs. Chin up, as this will connect your ‘lower terminals’
with your ‘higher terminals’ more easily (don’t ever bow your heads, except when
you do your brief prayer before meditation). Or, you can lie down in bed or on
the floor (on a mat or carpet), or on a grassy area (make sure there are no
bugs or ants). If you squat or sit on a chair, you can use the closed-finger
mudra or simply open up your palms and rest them face-up on your lap or near
the knee. In supine post, let your palms face the floor (face down). As you
advance, you can go ahead and study the mudras that are recommended by yoga
schools.

6.Breathing. Meditation breathing
is what makes it stunningly unique. When one masters yoga breathing, it is no
longer air but chi (for mystics add cosmic energy) that enters the lungs and
your body. Begin by breathing deeply, and visualize white light coming down
from above your crown and moving down your aura, then pause a second or two.
Then, exhale slowly, with your out-breath even slower than in-breath, and
visualize dark energies flowing from your body and out of your nostrils as you
exhale, then pause a second or two. Then inhale again in the same slow process,
pause, then exhale and pause, and so on. Do this for around 15-22 counts.

7.Eyes & Brow Focus. You can opt to open or
close your eyes. If you choose the open eye option, fix your eyes in a point on
the wall or on a space ahead of you. Meantime, put your focus on your brow
area. Use that focus during the entire process of meditation. It pays most
specially to use a potent focus when inhaling, and when meditating on certain
themes.

8.Music. You may opt to
meditate with music. Nature music, new age music, soft classical music, and
soft world music would be best. They are musical pieces that elevate and
transport you to the higher realms. You can also meditate without music, as
this can make you attune to a higher music: the ‘music of the spheres’. Soft
musical pieces that are melancholic, such as ballads and love songs, are a
no-no in meditation, as they transfix you in sadness and cut you off from a
higher awakening that happens when meditating.

9.Mental Inactivity. While meditating, make
sure not to think actively of whatever images, save for the theme you will
meditate about. You can opt to meditate without a theme. ‘Empty-mind’ yoga is
what zen prescribes, and this technique is difficult for most people to do. I
rather recommend the ‘passive thinking’ rather than ‘zero thinking’ technique:
observe thoughts that come to your mind, don’t block them, simply observe them
as they come, but don’t actively produce thoughts. Guaranteed it is easy to
meditate this way. In my case, I was trained to meditate using counting, and so
I count a number from inhale to exhale phase, two for the next phase, and so
on. 100 counts often equate to 15 minutes, so I don’t have to use a watch or
clock to measure time while meditating. 200 counts is 30 minutes more or less.

10.Theme Meditation. After doing the
initial focus and conditioning (first 15-22 counts), you can move on to your
meditation theme if you opt for this. If counting distracts you, then move on
to the theme without counting. Follow the mental inactivity state. When your
theme is optimized, move on to the theme-less state, observe the flow of
energy, observe the singing of birds in the surrounds, observe the wonderful
power of silence, and so on. Then end your meditation.

11.Ending. When ending meditation,
go back to your regular breathing. If you meditated for half an hour, breath
regularly for at least 10 minutes or 100 counts before standing up. The regular
breathing will help bring back your nervous system to regular mode. And don’t
just stand up abruptly after the process. For at least two (2) minutes, savor
the quietude, the fine environment, the wonderful moment. Meditation should
make you exude good mood and harmony.

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